There’s something uniquely wonderful about Tasmania’s East Coast in springtime. At this time of year, the scenery is breathtaking, the days grow longer and the east coast landscape comes alive. Flowers spring from roadsides, new growth gleams on hillside vineyards,…
Meet the Taylor family – Emma and Rob and their three boys, Finn, Ashton and Ky. The Taylors are a pretty typical Tasmanian family – they’re active and outdoorsy, and they love living at Triabunna, just across the Mercury Passage…
Maria Island is a special place, where breathtaking, wild beauty and close encounters with wildlife are everyday events. It’s a place of layered history, where wild ideas and visionary schemes have been sparked, and extinguished. And it’s a place where…
As I walked along my local beach, I saw a young father playing with his two small children. They were making the most spectacular sandcastle—an enormous, elaborate concoction, complete with moat, dribbled sand battlements, driftwood defences and seashell-crusted turrets. The…
A few months back international travel documentary maker Gareth Leonard – aka Tourist 2 Townie, spent 10 days having the experience of his life in Tasmania. In this first episode he explores Tassie’s east coast, the incredible coastline, the ‘wild’…
Have you ever stumbled upon something that was so unexpected and lovely that it stopped you in your tracks? A place that was at once so simple and so extraordinary, that it left an indelible imprint on your memory?
The Bay of Fires—a slice of coastal heaven Last week, we introduced you to adventuring couple Elise and Dom, whose road trip on the Great Eastern Drive in their vintage Kombi captured our imagination. If you haven’t already read this chapter…
It’s not hard to take a good picture of Tasmania’s east coast. This is a place of extraordinary natural beauty and postcard-perfect photo opportunities—which is why Facebook and Instagram feeds are always filled with stunning images, captured by visitors to…
If discovering the beaches of Bay of Fires on foot is a must-do experience, then witnessing this stretch of coastline from the sea is an unmissable one. Bay of Fires Eco Tours offer daily tours aboard the Infurneaux—a nimble, 10.5…
If you’d like to experience an ocean-going perspective of Freycinet, step aboard the Schouten Passage II for an unforgettable four-hour exploration of the Freycinet coast and Wineglass Bay. This award-winning cruise takes you from Coles Bay to one of the world’s…
What is it about this place…? I don’t know about you, but I receive dozens of images on my Facebook feed, every single day. Mostly I flick through them without really looking, perhaps hit the Like button here and there…but…
The best time to take a break It’s almost impossible to decide which season is my favourite time to visit Tasmania’s east coast. I love the cool, crisp days of winter here, the colour and warm light of autumn and…